Category: ChrisBolt
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skopein uses "TAG"
Sometimes presuppositionalists are mocked for holding what they do concerning their own view being right and others being wrong. We can expect this in a largely postmodern context. After coming in on a discussion where some atheists were speaking negatively about TAG because of its affirmation of exclusivity and problems with non-Christian positions, I tried to put the point back to the atheist. A few other topics came up during the discussion. This is not the greatest of conversations but maybe someone will find something useful.
skopein: it’s the Transcendental Argument for God.
skopein: here is a good summary of …
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TAG Does Not Save
There is an objection to TAG out there that goes something like this:
TAG cannot save anyone.
Depending on your context, sometimes it goes like this instead:
Apologetics cannot save anyone.
Of course, this is not much of an objection. It is more so just a slightly annoying comment. Perhaps that is an indication that I need to be frequently reminded of it. Apologetics do not save; the Gospel saves. I do not save; Jesus Christ saves. But then, how many times does it take before I have the categories here straight? Could it be that the person raising this …
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Monergism.com
July 2011 is presup month at www.monergism.com. Make sure to check it out, and spend some time on the articles that are available there. There are a lot! This is an excellent way to begin feeling one’s way around the presuppositional/covenantal apologetics landscape. The site continues to be a convenient resource for me.
HT: JM…
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*Updated* – Responding to the call for debate opponents (Ben Wallis)
* For some reason Ben has taken down his debate challenge and it is now cached here. I am not sure what this means. It read as follows:
…Sunday, July 10, 2011
A call for debate opponents
I’m currently seeking opponents to defend the position that God exists in a formal Skype debate (or, if you live in far west Chicagoland, a live debate). For my own part, I am prepared to defend the alternative position that we do not know whether God exists.I require that any opponent be at least 21 years old, and satisfy one—preferably two—of the
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An Acceptance of Paul Baird's Debate Challenge
On April 29, 2011 I linked to Sye TenBruggencate’s debates which I had not, at the time, listened to.
Paul Baird responded:
Transcript of the Second Debate that I had with Sye Tenbruggebcate is here – http://patientandpersistent.blogspot.com/2011/03/second-debate-transcript-work-in.html
One review is here – http://deeperwaters.wordpress.com/2011/03/25/presuppositional-apologetics-on-unbelievable/
Strangely all of Syes previous supporters appear to have vanished and none have offered any congratulations on his performance.
Maybe you guys have offered support.
In response to this comment I wrote:
…Thank you for the links.
As I mentioned in the post, I have not gotten around to listening to these exchanges yet. Perhaps after I
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A "Serious Problem" with "An Introduction to Covenantal Apologetics"
Lyndon Unger has a “SERIOUS problem” with my Introduction to Covenantal Apologetics. He expresses his concerns in the comments here. I asked him a series of questions that he has not answered, so I will go ahead and give a few of my thoughts in response to his comments. His comments are below, followed by my questions, followed by some explanation of why I asked what I did.
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…Why does Bolt attach Covenant theology to his system of apologetics?
I’m confused as this sure sounds like he’s riding a hobby horse from one field to another and
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"Getting to God" – Thomistic Misconceptions of Van Tilian Presuppositionalism (Updated)
David Gadbois from Green Baggins wrote the following in a comment on Fides, Ratio, et Mysterium:
…I’m definitely in the camp that doesn’t believe that Christianity is transcendentally necessary. I think the VanTilian presuppositionalists overreached in trying to make Christianity, as a package deal, into a transcendental necessity. The various transcendental arguments that have been offered really only get you as far as God’s existence, a personal and just God, not [sic] doubt, but really nothing beyond what is revealed in general revelation. God’s acts of redemption in time and space, as recorded in special revelation, were
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Commenting on Canon
“Do you mean why should we accept Hebrews rather than the Gospel of Thomas as canonical?
Well, the primary reason is because Hebrews *is* canonical, whereas the Gospel of Thomas is not.
But then I guess you’re asking how we know that.
I would say that it is self-attesting.
See, self-attesting is always objective.
This is strange to me – people usually take that to be subjective.
I’m not talking about a subjective mark, but an objective one.
But it presumes itself authoritative in the same way as other Scripture.
And is qualitatively the same.
I’m not talking about the …
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Christianity Today Article, Harold Camping, and Intro to Apologetics
Jim Spiegel wrote in Christianity Today on Unreasonable Doubt.
Check out a site pertaining to Harold Camping called Rapture Fail.
Remember that the introductory series on Covenantal Apologetics is done and can be bookmarked here. It is also available by clicking on the Series button at the top right of the page.…
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Introduction to Covenantal Apologetics by C.L. Bolt
Introduction to Covenantal Apologetics
By C.L. Bolt
- An Informal Introduction to Covenantal Apologetics – Introduction
- An Informal Introduction to Covenantal Apologetics: Part 1 – There are two worldviews.
- An Informal Introduction to Covenantal Apologetics: Part 2 – Everyone has presuppositions.
- An Informal Introduction to Covenantal Apologetics: Part 3 – There is no neutrality.
- An Informal Introduction to Covenantal Apologetics: Part 4 – Evidence that Christianity is true.
- An Informal Introduction to Covenantal Apologetics: Part 5 – Arguments that Christianity is true.
- An Informal Introduction to Covenantal Apologetics: Part 6 – Arguments that Christianity is true refuted.
- An Informal Introduction to